"I was dreaming ... about my grandfather. A very old man, at least as old as I am now, 91. I thought, when I was a boy, that he had been 91 all his life. Now I feel as if I have been 91 all my life."

-- Thomas Pynchon

#Dream Quotes #Boys Quotes #Men Quotes

“As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't.”

Source : John Gardner, Stewart O'Nan (1994). “On writers and writing”, Addison-Wesley Longman
“Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they will never go to an urban slum.”
“To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.”
“A cult is a religion with no political power.”

Source : In Our Time ch. 2 (1980) See Feibleman 1
“When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me.”
“When I want to kick it up, I like to add hardwood chips or chunks to the grill; it adds bold smoky flavors. The most common woods are hickory and mesquite, but you can find alder, apple, cherry and, my personal favorite, pecan.”
“Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.”
“The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the barangay, and does not end before the closed door of a bureaucrat in Metro Manila.”

Source : State of the Nation Address, July 25, 2005.

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